Who writes the books
Every edition published since January 2023 in the national libraries of 11 European countries and Open Library, then the non-fiction authors behind them, screened against the 6 roles. Each author's editions and translations are grouped into books: only books first published since 2023 count as new.
Editions catalogued since 20232,707,32184.1% with an ISBN
Authors reviewed10,407In bestseller lists, prizes or published widely
Non-fiction authors3,987Living, at least half non-fiction
Selected experts1,352998 prize-listed authors
1,352 authors
| Author | Role | Field | Prizes | New books since 2023 | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikash Yadav professor of international relations and Asian studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 2 | en |
| Vincent Doumeizel auteur français | Commentator | Energy & climate | · | 2 | enesfifrit |
| Volker Perthes German political scientist and UN Special Representative for Sudan | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 2 | de |
| Volker Ullrich German historian, journalist and writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 2 | deenesfrpl+1 |
| Walter Isaacson American author, journalist and professor (born 1952) | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 2 | dedkenesfi+6 |
| Wolfgang Streeck German economic sociologist (born 1946) | Academic | Economics & finance | · | 2 | deenesfrit |
| Wolfram Eilenberger German journalist and philosopher | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 2 | dedkenesfi+4 |
| Yanis Varoufakis Greek economist and politician | Former official | Economics & finance | · | 2 | enesitpl |
| Yaroslav Trofimov journalist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 2 | enfrit |
| Yiyun Li Chinese American writer | Academic | General non-fiction | 2 | 2 | enesfritpl |
| Abdi Aidid legal scholar and University of Toronto law professor | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 1 | |
| Abigail Shrier American freelance journalist and author | Commentator | Work & society | · | 1 | deenesplse |
| Abraham L. Newman American political scientist and professor | Academic | Geopolitics & security | 2 | 1 | en |
| Adam Berinsky Professor of political science | Academic | Democracy & media | 1 | 1 | en |
| Adam Higginbotham Author and journalist in New York City | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenpl |
| Adam LeBor British journalist and writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | deennl |
| Adam Shatz contributing editor at the London Review of Books | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | deenesfr |
| Aileen Kavanagh britská právnička a vysokoškolská pedagožka, působící v Irsku, zaměřená na ústavní právo, lidská práva a ústavní teorie | Academic | Law & institutions | 1 | 1 | en |
| Alden Wicker American journalist | Commentator | Energy & climate | 1 | 1 | en |
| Alena Buyx German medicine ethicist and university teacher | Academic | Work & society | 1 | 1 | deit |
| Alexander Klöpping Dutch entrepreneur | Commentator | Technology & digital | · | 1 | nl |
| Alexandra Loske Vysokoškolská pedagožka, historička umění, bibliofilka, kurátorka výstav, autorka a editorka prací z oboru zaměřená na evropské umění a architekturu pozdního 18. a raného 19. století. | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenesfrit |
| Alexandra Petri American humorist | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 1 | en |
| Alexis Pauline Gumbs American writer and poet | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | dkenfritpl |
| Alfred de Montesquiou French journalist | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | esfr |
| Alice Loxton British historian, tv presenter and author | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | en |
| Alison Bashford Australian historian of world science | Academic | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | enfrse |
| Alister McGrath Northern Irish theologian, Anglican priest, and academic (born 1953) | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enfritnopl |
| Allison J. Pugh sociologist, university teacher | Academic | Work & society | 1 | 1 | enfr |
| Alpa Shah (born 1976) | Academic | Work & society | 2 | 1 | deen |
| Amanda Montell American feminist author | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | deenesitpl |
| Amin Maalouf Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | beenesfrit |
| Anand Gopal American journalist | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 1 | en |
| Anderson Cooper American journalist (born 1967) | Commentator | Democracy & media | · | 1 | enfr |
| Andrea Wulf German-British historian and writer | Commentator | General non-fiction | 1 | 1 | dedkenfrit+3 |
| Andreas Cervenka Swedish journalist | Commentator | Economics & finance | · | 1 | enfise |
| Andrew D. Huberman American neuroscientist | Academic | Outside Atrium fields | · | 1 | deennlse |
| Andrew Pettegree British historian | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enesfritnl+1 |
| Andrew Pontzen researcher | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enesitnlpl |
| Andrew Roberts English historian and journalist (born 1963) | Commentator | Geopolitics & security | 1 | 1 | enfritnlpl |
| Andrew Ross Sorkin American journalist and author (born 1977) | Commentator | Economics & finance | · | 1 | enitplse |
| Andrian Kreye German screenwriter, journalist and author | Commentator | Technology & digital | 1 | 1 | de |
| Ángel Expósito Spanish journalist | Commentator | Work & society | · | 1 | enes |
| Angela Merkel chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954) | Former official | Democracy & media | · | 1 | dedkenesfi+6 |
| Anil Ananthaswamy Author and Science Journalist | Commentator | Technology & digital | · | 1 | enitpl |
| Anita R Gohdes researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-7367-8646 | Academic | Democracy & media | 1 | 1 | en |
| Anna M Karpinska researcher | Academic | Economics & finance | · | 1 | en |
| Anna Pacheco Spanish journalist (born 1991) | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | enesfr |
| Anna Tsing American anthropologist | Academic | General non-fiction | · | 1 | dedkenfifr+1 |
| Annabelle Hirsch deutsche Kunsthistorikerin, Journalistin und Autorin | Commentator | General non-fiction | · | 1 | dedkenfrit+1 |